Descrição

Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles lets you choose who sees the WordPress admin bar (the toolbar) on the front end of your site.

Remove it for subscribers, hide it from WooCommerce customers, turn it off for everyone, or target specific roles and capabilities, all from one settings page and without writing code.

The plugin is lightweight and works as soon as you activate it. Trusted on 20,000+ active WordPress sites.

It’s completely free: no Pro version, no locked features, no upsells.

Simple but great plugin. 🙂
– wptoolsdev

Works flawlessly! 🙂
– thebrazeneye

Why hide the WordPress admin bar?

The black toolbar at the top of your site is useful for admins — but for everyone else it exposes backend links, breaks your design, and confuses non-technical users. Hiding it is essential for:

Membership sites – give members a clean, frontend-only experience with no WordPress branding
WooCommerce stores – stop showing the toolbar to customers after they log in
LMS & course platforms – keep students focused on your content, not the WordPress UI
Client websites – hand over polished sites where editors see only what they need
Communities & directories – hide backend access hints from registered users
Anyone who wants a cleaner frontend – remove the admin bar without touching functions.php

Features

Hide for everyone: remove the admin bar from the front end for every logged-in user.
Hide for logged-out visitors: make sure visitors never see it, even when a plugin such as BuddyPress shows it to them.
Hide by role: pick roles such as Subscriber, Customer or Editor, including custom roles from other plugins.
Hide by capability: hide it for anyone who has a capability, for example edit_posts.
Nothing added to your site’s front end: no CSS, no JavaScript, no extra database queries.

Works with your setup

Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles works with any theme and any plugin that registers user roles — including WooCommerce (Customer role), membership plugins, LMS plugins, and custom roles. Fully compatible with Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Bricks, and WordPress Multisite.

Ecrãs

Choose who doesn't see the admin bar: everyone, logged-out visitors, specific roles, or users with certain capabilities. — Choose who doesn’t see the admin bar: everyone, logged-out visitors, specific roles, or users with certain capabilities.

“Hide for everyone” removes the admin bar for every logged-in user. — Choose who doesn’t see the admin bar: everyone, logged-out visitors, specific roles, or users with certain capabilities.

Instalação

In your dashboard, go to Plugins Add New Plugin and search for Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles. Or upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
Activate the plugin.
Go to Settings Hide Admin Bar Settings and choose who shouldn’t see the admin bar.

Perguntas frequentes

How do I hide the admin bar for all users?: Go to Settings Hide Admin Bar Settings and turn on “Hide for everyone”. The admin bar disappears from the front end for every logged-in user, administrators included.
How do I hide the admin bar for subscribers or WooCommerce customers only?: Under “Hide for these roles”, select Subscriber or Customer and save. Administrators and any roles you leave unselected keep the admin bar. Custom roles from membership, LMS and other plugins appear in the list too.
How does hiding by capability work?: Add a capability, such as edit_posts, and anyone who has it won’t see the admin bar. This helps when a membership or LMS plugin grants capabilities rather than roles.
Can I disable the WordPress admin bar without code?: Yes — that’s exactly what this plugin does. Instead of adding show_admin_bar snippets to functions.php (which are lost when you switch themes), you get a settings page with role, capability and guest rules.
Does this plugin affect administrators?: Only if you choose to. Administrators keep the admin bar unless you turn on “Hide for everyone”, select the Administrator role, or add a capability they have.
Does it hide the admin bar inside the dashboard too?: No. The plugin controls the admin bar on the front end of your site. Inside the dashboard, WordPress always shows it.
Will this plugin slow down my site?: No. It adds no CSS or JavaScript to the front end, and the visibility check runs once per page, before the page is built.
Does it work with my theme and page builder?: Yes. It works with any theme and with page builders such as Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder and Bricks.
Does it work on multisite?: Yes. The plugin supports WordPress Multisite networks.
Is there a Pro version?: No. Hide Admin Bar is completely free, with no locked features and no upsells.

Avaliações

davidraudales 20 Dezembro, 2025 2 respostas

I LOVE IT

Norman Cates 13 Dezembro, 2023 2 respostas

Hides the admin bar for Administrator role, even though I've told it to allow Administrators to see the bar.

syyymonsyy 12 Dezembro, 2023 2 respostas

hide admin bar even though I’m admin

mich08 9 Março, 2023

It's working very well after recent update.

upwithit 6 Julho, 2022 4 respostas

I had to uninstall this plugin. After a recent update – I'm not sure when – the admin bar appeared for all users on the front end, whether they were logged in or not. Apparently, the update requires you to opt out of that functionality. That is literally the opposite of what the plugin was supposed to do. Since I'm more or less always logged in to the site, I didn't realize the admin bar was appearing on the front end for over a week.

ceef454 5 Abril, 2022 1 resposta

I usually don't take time to give reviews, this thing is quick and magic! thank you!

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Registo de alterações

7.3.0

New: Redesigned settings page that looks and works like the rest of WordPress. Changes save without reloading the page.
New: Add capabilities as tags. They are no longer cut off at 20 characters.
Improved: The plugin no longer loads any CSS or JavaScript (including jQuery) on the front end of your site.
Improved: The settings page loads one small stylesheet and script instead of Bootstrap and other libraries, making the plugin about 2 MB smaller.
Improved: The plugin is now completely free. Upgrade prompts and ads for paid plans are gone.
Updated: Freemius SDK 2.13.4.

7.2.5

Fixed: Minor compatibility issues with the latest WordPress version.

7.2.4

Fixed: Minor compatibility issues with the latest WordPress version.

7.2.3

Fixed: Minor compatibility issues with the latest WordPress version.

7.2.1

Fixed: Minor compatibility issues with the latest WordPress version.

7.2.0

Improved: Admin settings UI refresh for better usability.
Fixed: Minor compatibility issues with the latest WordPress version.

7.1.0

Improved: Admin settings UI refresh for better usability.
Improved: Code quality and inline documentation.
Fixed: Minor compatibility issues with the latest WordPress version.

7.0.3 – 31-01-2026

Fixed: Minor bugs and stability improvements.

7.0.1 – 25-11-2025

Fixed: Minor bugs and stability improvements.

6.0.3 – 03-07-2025

Fixed some bugs and improvements.

6.0.2 – 03-06-2025

Fixed some bugs and improvements.

6.0.0 – 20-04-2025

Major release: Pro version launched (optional, upgrade via Freemius)
Added: Auto Hide Admin Bar (Pro)
Added: Page-based, device-based, and time-based visibility modules (Pro)
Added: Per-user override, redirect on hide, import/export
Improved: Settings layout and compatibility with other plugins
Refactored: Modular architecture for clean feature handling

5.2.0 – 02-04-2025

I18N Issues Fixes
Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.

5.0.0 – 16-02-2025

Admin ui updated.
Compatibility tested & Tested with the latest WordPress version.

1.4

Code Improvements, GUI Updated, New Feature Integration.

1.3

Code Improvements, GUI Updated.

1.2

Fixed some bugs and improvements and new feature added -> Hide admin bar for all guest users.

1.1

Fixed some bugs and improvements.

1.0

First release

BEST OF THE BEST

Hides the admin bar even when I’m an administrator

hide admin bar even though I’m admin

It’s working very well after update

After an update, the admin bar appeared for all users.

AWESOME

Descrição

Why hide the WordPress admin bar?

Features

Works with your setup

More from the makers of Hide Admin Bar

Ecrãs

Instalação

Perguntas frequentes

How do I hide the admin bar for all users?

How do I hide the admin bar for subscribers or WooCommerce customers only?

How does hiding by capability work?

Can I disable the WordPress admin bar without code?

Does this plugin affect administrators?

Does it hide the admin bar inside the dashboard too?

Will this plugin slow down my site?

Does it work with my theme and page builder?

Does it work on multisite?

Is there a Pro version?

Avaliações

Contribuidores e programadores

Interessado no desenvolvimento?

Registo de alterações

7.3.0

7.2.5

7.2.4

7.2.3

7.2.1

7.2.0

7.1.0

7.0.3 – 31-01-2026

7.0.1 – 25-11-2025

6.0.3 – 03-07-2025

6.0.2 – 03-06-2025

6.0.0 – 20-04-2025

5.2.0 – 02-04-2025

5.0.0 – 16-02-2025

4.1.0 – 28-12-2024

4.0.0 – 09-11-2024

3.9.1 – 30-10-2024

3.9.0 – 25-09-2024

3.8.3 – 13-08-2024

3.8.2 – 01-07-2024

3.8.1 – 24-05-2024

3.8.0 – 15-05-2024

3.7.2 – 03-03-2024

3.7.1 – 06-02-2024

3.7.0 – 01-01-2024

3.6.2 – 09-11-2023

3.6.1 – 01-10-2023

3.6.0 – 02-08-2023

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